Hello Alchemists!  I hope you are taking the time this week to play with the elements, to float, fly, and burn.  The focus this week is to lessen the load, to release resistance so that you can lighten, rise up, to fly...

We connect with a full moon lunar eclipse in less than 24 hours, and the effects have been intense, profound, providing an opportunity for unravelling.  As I tune into the energy, I am shown that we have a choice- between the journey we have been on, and the true quest.

So many have invested in a narrative for the lives they have outgrown, or that wasn't really meant to be.  This narrative likely motivated learning and evolution, but as the alignment wanes, so does the impact and outcome.

Each of us lives as the hero of our own story.  You are the hero, working towards  victory or specific outcome, and always against an enemy or adversary.  For those who use an adversary to motivate effort or movement, there will always be conflict, struggle, strife.  Fighting agai...

Hope is an interesting word. I think that for many of us, it brings a mix of perspectives and memories.  People are afraid to hope, have felt let down by it, feel it is beyond grasp or understanding, or are simply unfamiliar with it.

I see hope as a very grounded experience of manifesting in alignment with our true selves, and making choices that create possibilities for what we deeply desire.

True hope is not false, airy-fairy, or ungrounded.  It is something that can be made tangible and real, something you can invite into the physical, into your relationships, into your plans and creations.

We are approaching a New Moon in Taurus, a truly magical time to begin new projects, new relationships, new habits and ways of living.  (Or simply revamp what you've got so that it works and feels fresh, healthy!)

And on Wednesday, we enter eclipse season, 6 weeks where the veils thin, where the immovable begins to soften, where stubbornness can surrender, and we can wipe the slate clean i...

Today marks the 1st Quarter Moon, half way between fiery Aries, and icy Scorpio.  As we make the plunge, there is a recognition that a lot can change within a few weeks, and that we can create it meaningfully and consciously.

During the New Moon ceremony, we talked about simply allowing yourself to burn, to allow the fire to purify and liberate emotionally and energetically.  I know that last week, I did a lot of that- simply allowing what was no longer needed or necessary to burn in so many ways.  I cleared my wardrobe, the garage, the attic, organising my thoughts and mind as I worked.  I transferred paperwork from physical to online, simplifying processes.  I cleared inflammatory food from my fridge and cupboards, supporting a cleansing of my body.  And I surrendered to any nudges to release, relax, to loosen my grip.

As we move into steady Taurus energy (more on this in the next newsletter), and the moon moves towards the tundra of Scorpio, we find our feet again, able to cooly a...

I cannot begin to tell you how impactful your choices and ACTIONS will be over the next few weeks.  No pressure. ;)

Currently, all planets are moving forward (until 27 April), AND we are in a cardinal fire sign at the beginning of the astrological year...

CARDINAL: beginnings, get up and go, the start of something new, initiation, fresh ideas and energy

FIRE: passion, inspiration, drive, movement, purity, unencumbered, free

ARIES: the (Peaceful if you choose) Warrior, focused, strong, powerful, marching ahead, goal-oriented, prepared for victory!

I mean, seriously, can the universe make your choices and actions much more potent right now?!?

I was being serious about no pressure-because none is needed.  In so many ways, the current/vibration we reside within is an open door, an open flow, directing you where you want to go.  The only resistance you will meet is within YOU!

Please allow the universe to support you right now!  Allow yourself to open the floodgates to fun, joy, abun...

Even though we've moved out of watery energy we've inhabited for most of March, many of us are still working with our current relationships, attempting to navigate the next steps. And the Libra Full Moon on Sunday is really going to help us to gain discernment on our alignments, or lack of.

When it comes to relationships, we can overcomplicate things, feel lost in the layers, overwhelmed by the moving parts. A relationship between 2 people also includes subconscious perspectives from their parents, siblings, grandparents, ancestral lines, community, cultural expectations, and influences from many differing points of view. You are a world interacting with another world. (And we wonder why it can feel difficult!)

I find that when decisions, understanding, or any other aspect of a relationship feels complex, the consistent answer is to strip it back to the core. And a core issue that surfaces repeatedly is a desire to belong. Brene Brown beautifully defines belonging, and what it is to ...

We have entered March, but are not quite yet marching ahead (that comes towards the end of the month)!

Here, in the final sign of the zodiac, the last of winter, we enter the end.  And the endings are up to you.

I see this time of year as a period between, not quite a rebirth, but a dying of sorts.  Death often evokes fear of loss, a degree of grief, as we release what is known.  But these periods of death invite powerful liberation, an opportunity to shed the old, to become more free.  We often strive for the new beginning, a new way to feel or live, but until we allow the old to die away, we are unable to fully embody the light and lightness or the dawn.

Allow yourself to take some time to immerse yourself in the waters that will wash away what no longer thrives.  Swim deep into yourself, into your dreams, your intuition, the aspects of you that fully understand your capacity to relinquish what has held you.  This requires courage, a willingness to be honest with yourself, and to ...

We are finally moving into the energy of spring, feeling more awake, more alive, and ready to create again!  I know that since the last New Moon, I have felt like a new person, with more energy, more focus, and back into the swing of life and creation.

As we move out of hibernation and into rebirth and new growth, we can feel that there are many options, perhaps a few crossroads as well.  We can often feel overwhelmed with choice.  But the beauty of choice is that is provides opportunities to create, to learn, and to evolve.

Spend some time this weekend meditating on your current trajectories.  Are they the same as before?

If they are, I would encourage you to expand your vision, and invite in new possibility.  This year is not meant to be lived as the previous.  The world is evolving and changing in so many ways, and so will we, if we honour the process, and welcome the wisdom.

I know that opportunities that I would have jumped at even a few months ago no longer have the same reso...

There are periods of life that seem to flip us, our mindsets and trajectories.  We feel ungrounded and unbridled, our common ways of moving no longer support us or facilitate momentum in ways they have before.  These times are our best indication of change coming, an evolution of spirit and being.

Our human forms and patterns are part of an illusion that we are fixed or constant.  We believe that we are these tangible, sensible beings, and that life is the same.  Our skin, scars, physicalness is witnessed every day, the same thoughts and beliefs are present, our surroundings consistently reinforcing the feeling that we remain constant, fixed.  Often times our perceived changes occur on a more subtle level, taking time, energy, space to occur.  But internally, we are constantly changing.  Our cells divide, work, die.  We breathe, moving air within.  Our heart pumps, moving blood through the body.  Our nervous systems send signals and information constantly, consistently, every momen...

Happy January and Happy New Year!  I hope that your start to 2021 has been graceful and fun!

At this moment, both the Sun and the Moon are sitting in Capricorn (along with Venus and Pluto, there's a lot happening!).  Because there is so much happening in this earthy sign, I wanted to take a moment to share some insight, to support you over the next week or so.

As we move around the zodiac, we more towards experience and wisdom, which is exactly what Capricorn embodies.  Think of Capricorn as Grandmother/Grandfather energy, embodying the knowledge of experience and learning over vast periods of time, and the patience and compassion of one who has experienced or witnessed hardship.  There is patience and understanding in every choice that is made, a willingness to deepen.

Capricorn is also a Cardinal sign, meaning it is willing to be initiated to new ways of living and being, new insight and knowledge, with the capacity to evolve.  The symbol is the goat with the fish tail, which enab...

The week between Christmas and New Year is always one of my favourite weeks of the year.  I spend time reflecting on what I have done, all that I've worked towards, what I have accomplished, and what is still evolving.  

As this year has been so unique, I am finding that the usual questions I ask myself do not apply as much as they normally would.  This year has been a year of meditation, introspection, of pivoting, and being more creative and inventive.  We have been given opportunities to change focus, to flow in new directions, and to shake up the paths we have followed so that we can perhaps find another.  As I spend time looking back at 2020, I am reminded of all that I have accomplished, mostly in ways that were not predicted or planned for.  

My highlights include a trip to Cambodia to visit the school I had helped to build.  I started the new year in Cambodia and Bali, two magical, beautiful, delicious countries, which reminded me of the power of sacred land, communion, and p...